As spring is now in full swing, many baseball players will be hitting the diamond. Unfortunately, overuse injuries often come along with America’s favorite pastime. In youth baseball, there are many overuse injuries that can occur in throwing athletes, and treatments will vary depending on age and body area. Overuse injuries in youth baseball include...
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So You’ve Decided to Have a Total Knee…
This will be a follow up piece on my segment from October 2015 "Total Knee Arthroplasty--Why So Spooky?" If you have not looked at it I recommend taking a peek to get some general background on knee arthritis and surgery selection.
Ok so you have decided to take the plunge and sign up for a total...
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Should My Child Play Just One Sport?
Let's start the year with a controversial topic shall we?! There is an on going out cry among many in the sports medicine community to stop young athletes from specializing in just one sport. We are a country of bigger is better--when it comes to a Samsung TV I can't really argue. When it comes...
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What is the Labrum Anyway?
Many of our patients have heard the story of my college softball career. I am not here to go into details about it, but I do like for patients to know that I have also had shoulder surgery. A labral repair to be exact--and during my junior year of college softball no less.
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How nutrition can help in the healing process. It really is what you eat!
We perform a variety of surgery on a weekly basis, anything from tendon repairs to plating broken bones. All patients having surgery have one thing in common--everyone wants their surgery to heal! All surgeons want their patients to do well after operations. So how can this be done? Well although there are no guarantees, surgical...
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Osgood Schlatter Disease-It Hurts When I Jump!
Osgood-Schlatter disease occurs in adolescent athletes during growth spurts. As my young cousin Kendyll can attest it hurts! Often found in running athletes like soccer and basketball players OSD can be frustrating to children throughout their childhood until they reach skeletal maturity.
The bones of the body grow in areas called "growth plates." Growth plates are...
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